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BASKET HANDLE EASTENER'. y APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 3, 1903.

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ANo. 729,981.

UNiTED STA-Tesi l Patented June 2, 1903.

ENOS L. AVVLKER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.`

BASKET-HAN DLE FAs'rEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,981, dated une 2, 1903.l

Application filed February 3, 1903. Serial No. 141,774. G Io model.) I

.To all whom 1313 may concern:

Beit known that I, ENOS L.-WAL KER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Basket-HandleV Fasteners, of which the following is a specilication containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.-

My invention' relates to basket-handle fasteners; and it consists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a fastener for basket handles by the use of which any one may apply the handle to the basket. Y

In the shipping and packing of the ordinary Vweb baskets it is almost necessary to crate the same, and in order to crate them it is necessary that the handles be removed, and when said baskets are ldelivered to the consumery it is necessary to provide some cheap and effective manner for fastening the handles to the baskets.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a web basket of the ordinary construction composed of splints and edge bands,

showing my invention located on the insidel of the basket and secured thereto ready for use. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, parts being broken away.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the basket proper, 2 the inside band, and 3 the outside band. 4 indicates my invention, which consists of a thin piece of wood provided with a deep elongated recess or cut-out portion 5, formingprongs 6. The thin piece of wood 4 is provided von its lower portion with a tapered edge 7, corresponding to the taper of the inside of the basket, so as to permit the piece of wood 5 lto lie closely againstA the v inside'wall of thebasket. VLying ,below the recess is an upwardly-tapering edge 8 and a tapering face 9.

l0 indicates a fastening-wire which passes across the lower portion of the recess 5 in alinement with the tapered edge 8. Said fastening-wire is secured to the wooden piece or' strip 4 by means of having its ends inserted through the prongs 6 and bent as illustrated in Fig. 2. When the wire 10 has been ap- 'plied to the piece4, as indicated in Figs. 1.l and 2, there is a space between the edge 8.

and said wirel for the insertion ot' the handle between the same. The piece 4 is applied to the basket, as'illustrated in Fig. l, wherein the prongs 6 are shown inserted between the inside band 2 and the outside band 3 and is lheld bythe wire clenches ll, which also hold the bands to the splints of the basket.

l2 indicates the handle for the basket. The ends of said handle are provided with tapering portions 13, tapering faces 14, and transverse grooves 15. The fastening-wires 10 are adapted to fit in said transverse grooves.

In order to apply the'handle 12 to the basket, it being assumed that the fastener has been applied to the basket, as illustrated in Fig. 1, it is only necessary to place the ends ofthe handle in the recesses 5 between the prongs 6, press down on the same, and insert the tapering portions 13 in between the wire press down on the handleuntil the fasteningwires 10 have been seated in the transverse grooves 15. It may be notedin this connecfastening l0 and the tapered edges S and tion that the recess 5 is of sufficient width to receive the ends of the handle and that each lside of the basket is provided with a fastener,

such as heretofore described. The prongs 6 will also act as a lateral brace for the handle,

,and whenthe fastening-wires 10 have been seated in the grooves 15 the handle is fastened .in position and ready for use and cannot'be withdrawn from the basket without breakin g the fastening-wire 10. When the baskets are shipped to the consumer, the handle 12 is revided with a tapering face, a handle the ends of which are adapted to be inserted'in said recesses, the ends of said handle being provided with transverse grooves and tapering IOO faces to fit1 the tapering faces formed in said In testimony whereof I have signed my plates, and a fastening-wire spanning each of name to this specification in presence of two said recesses in proximity to said tapering subscribing witnesses.

faces and adapted to be inserted in said ENOS L.' WALKER. 5 grooves when the handle is applied to the Witnesses:

basket and pressed downwardly in said re- ALFRED A. EICKS,

cesses, substantially as specified. M. G. IRION.` 

